Remembering Japanese cars from the past
The AE86 and the FT-86 aren’t the only cars by Toyota that actually had the 86 designation in them: the Toyota 86C was a Group C racer by TOM’s featuring the infamous 4T-GTE engine (also to be found on the TA64 Toyota Celica rally car!).
This one lap of video is driven by Masanori Sekiya on the Fuji International Speedway in 1986:
I love the sound of the big ass turbo and the blow off valve! Amazing!
Tokusatsu isn’t especially renowned for their seriousness or real-life approach, but these two videos are way beyond sanity. Actually they are rather insane!
Brad Hogan shared this unreal bukkake Fly Man with me on Facebook:
WTF?!
Talking about WTFs: how about this A WTF Moment in Tokusatsu, Part 29 with a trumpet playing angel dwarf?
Where can I find the mushrooms the director of this tokusatsu has eaten? I want some too! :)
I don’t think I can add anything to the picture of this Nissan Skyline HR30:
Nissan Skyline HR30 OBRUT-TG
Plain OBRUT-TG would suffice I guess! :D
Found at [Pelican digit Niya]
The person who shot the pictures of this Carina AA63 GT-R is actually a Skyline DR30 fan. He went out to take a look at, as he calls it, the Iron Mask’s worst enemy:
Iron Mask enemy: Carina AA63 GT-R
It does make sense in some way… Sure the Carina GT-R does looks (about as) intimidating, was produced in the same era, has roughly the same dimensions but it never came with power output near what the FJ20ET produced (the Carina TA63 GT-TR came nearer).
I must say that the metal surrounding on the headlights look very nice on the Carina!
The Hayashi Streets sure look great on this Carina:
Iron Mask enemy: Carina AA63 GT-R
Iron Mask enemy: Carina AA63 GT-R
And am I seeing this right? Someone made the R in GT-R red? :D
Found at [Godsigma]
I think these three videos are about the earliest drift videos to be found on Youtube so far!
Be prepared for an overkill of Hakosuka Skylines, Corolla Levin AE86s and Sprinter Trueno AE86s, (brand new) Nissan Silvia and 180SX S13s, Mazda FCs, MR2 AW11s, Isuzu Gemini, Eunos Roadster, Lancer Turbo, Toyota Carina and even an Isuzu Piazza right at the beginning! Two of the videos are shot on the pass next to Kurume (Fukuokai) and the other one on Yz circuit in Mizunami!
In this second video it really shows how dangerous the drifts of these guys actually were: I stopped counting after the tenth near accident with oncoming traffic!
Yes, a real bunch of lunatics!
There is some serious action on the YZ circuit going on and at 4:36 you can spot an occasional zenki Carina GT twice:
Looking at all this track action I get the feeling the aftermarket for springs and shocks wasn’t as big as today! Most of the cars drift like a boat! :D
I understand why Shuichi Shigeno got inspired by his drift friends back in the early nineties! These guys really were way before drifting went from fun to pro.
All videos found at [Pipiyumio]
How cool can your daddy be? Well if he drives a heavily modified S13 in 1997 he can surely drive his daughter around town during daytime:
Silvia S13: Daytime daddy
And drift down narrow touges with his mates at night:
Silvia S13: Nighttime drifter
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